Asteroids named after people called Ralf

(25138) Jaumann

Ralf Jaumann (b. 1954) is a research scientist at the Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt and a member of the geology working group for the Dawn mission to Vesta. His research showed how the high relief of Vesta's surface greatly affects crater morphology.Discovered 17 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(400309) Ralfhofner

Ralf Hofner (1960-2014) was a German amateur astronomer and founder of one of the biggest European Star Parties, located near Herzberg, Brandenburg. Together with other amateur astronomers he established the Elsterland Observatory, which was completed in 2010.Discovered 14 October 2007 by M. Fiedler, Radebeul